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Taxon:  Solanum tuberosum L. subsp. andigenum (Juz. & Bukasov) Hawkes (Solanum tuberosum Andigenum Group)



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Potatoe
Section:
Petota
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
101304
Place of publication:
Proc. Linn. Soc. London 166:130. 1956 "andigena"
Comment:
  • [or S. tuberosum Andigenum Group]
  • transfer & orth. var. (Melbourne ICN Art. 61) of S. andigenum Juz. & Bukasov despite comment in Potato Bol 395. 1989, as Hawkes didn't exclude the basionym (Melbourne ICN Art. 48.1) & adopted its type
Verified:
04/10/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Solanum tuberosum L. (0 active accession[s])
Solanum tuberosum L. subsp. chiloense (A. DC.) L. I. Kostina (0 active accession[s])
Solanum tuberosum L. subsp. tuberosum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Solanum andigenum Juz. & Bukasov

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
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Reference(s)
  1. Brush, S. et al. 1995. Potato diversity in the Andean center of crop diversity. Conservation Biol. 9:1189-1198.
  2. Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds. 1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 9:148-154.
  3. Hawkes, J. G. & J. P. K. Hjerting. 1989. The potatoes of Bolivia: their breeding value and evolutionary relationships. 1989 395, 396.
  4. Hawkes, J. G. 1978. Biosystematics of the potato. The potato crop. 1978 47.
  5. Hawkes, J. G. 1990. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources. 1990 182.
  6. Huamán, Z. & D. M. Spooner. 2002. Reclassification of landrace populations of cultivated potatoes (Solanum sect. Petota). Amer. J. Bot. 89:947-965.
  7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  8. Ochoa, C. M. 1990. The potatoes of South America: Bolivia. 1990 382.
  9. Ovchinnikova, A. et al. 2011. Taxonomy of cultivated potatoes (Solanum section Petota: Solanaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 165:125.
  10. PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Spooner, D. M. & R. J. Hijmans. 2001. Potato systematics and germplasm collecting, 1989-2000. Amer. J. Potato Res. 78:255.
  13. Spooner, D. M. et al. 2007. Extensive simple sequence repeat genotyping of potato landraces supports a major reevaluation of their gene pool structure and classification. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104:19398-19403.
  14. Spooner, D. M. et al. 2014. Systematics, diversity, genetics, and evolution of wild and cultivated potatoes. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 80:293, 294, 296, 299, 307, 311, 313.
  15. Vietmeyer, N. D., ed. Lost crops of the Incas. 1989
Common names
English
limeña potato –
yellow potato –
Quichua (Peru)
chaucha –
phureja –
pitiquiña –
Spanish
andigena –
papa amarilla –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedNorthern America Mexico  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaCochabamba 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaLa Paz 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaOruro 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaPotosi 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAyacucho 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruCuzco 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruJunin 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruPuno 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruSan Martin 
Cultivated
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
Southern America
  • MESOAMERICA: Guatemala
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Potosi], Colombia, Ecuador, Peru [Ayacucho, Cuzco, Junin, Puno, San Martin]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Ochoa, C. M. 1990. The potatoes of South America: Bolivia. 1990 382.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=101304. Accessed 16 December 2025.

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